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Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 6 × 4.5 cm
Weight: 
312.00gr
Description

Unusual pseudomorph of azurite after botryoidal malachite

Brilliant blue crystalline crust on solid azurite - side of specimen shows evidence of original malachite

These are much less common than Malachite ps. Azurite 

Pretty specimen -comes with stand

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Azurite

Formula: 
Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Chessy copper mines, Chessy-les-Mines, Le Bois d'Oingt, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France...

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